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  1. Christian Bahr

    MSFS20 Kennedy Space Center Scenery for MSFS2020

    That looks really cool!
  2. Christian Bahr

    MSFS20 EDGT Bottenhorn in progress

    Hi Gary. No, I haven't. The "old" technology is only used in the FSX/P3D scenery. I'll be using WWise for the MSFS and MSFS24 versions :)
  3. Christian Bahr

    P3D v2 P3D SDK v2.4 download

    I don't remember, but I think that P3D doesn't have to be installed.
  4. Christian Bahr

    FSXA Questions About QGIS

    Yes, there is LIDAR data for the USA. But the USA is large, very large. So it makes sense to know which part of the USA you need elevation data for. This example shows the state of New York: https://data.ny.gov/Public-Safety/High-Resolution-Digital-Elevation-Models-DEMs-/uzbc-b2qs/about_data...
  5. Christian Bahr

    FSXA Questions About QGIS

    Very gladly :) The area doesn't matter? The following WMS service offers LIDAR scan data in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at 1m resolution. You can access it via this link: https://www.wms.nrw.de/geobasis/wms_nw_dgm-schummerung This is a WMS service (Web Map Service) that must be integrated...
  6. Christian Bahr

    3DS Max 3DS Max and MSFS24

    Another thing that occurs to me is that you could try grouping objects and/or organizing your objects into layers. How do you set up your exports: as a hierarchy export or as a layer export?
  7. Christian Bahr

    3DS Max 3DS Max and MSFS24

    I share your experience. Exporting to MSFS24 isn't always consistent; some things work differently than in MSFS. Sometimes the behavior is very idiosyncratic. You've already tried the usual approaches, so there aren't many options left. The Multi-Exporter offers the option to override...
  8. Christian Bahr

    FSXA Questions About QGIS

    Switching from 4326 to 25832 and back to 4326 serves solely to enter the resolution in meters (0.10 x 0.10). Once the resolution is set below 25832 and you switch back to 4326, you'll see that 4326 has a different unit of measurement: After changing back to 4326, click on "Map Section Extent"...
  9. Christian Bahr

    FSXA Questions About QGIS

    Clearly, if the columns and rows remain empty, nothing will be exported. You can try to work with EPSG:3857 (WGS84 - Pseudo Mercator), this KBS also works in MSFS/MSFS24. There's a green plus sign to add values ;) Edit: I just see that the aerial image is supposed to be for FSX? EPSG:3857...
  10. Christian Bahr

    FSXA Questions About QGIS

    Hi. I'm a little familiar with QGIS, but I primarily work with ArcGIS Pro (Personal Use License). The process is similar in both programs. Do you want to create an orthophoto? Then use QGIS; it gives you very fast results. Regarding elevation data, I'll have to figure out how it works in QGIS...
  11. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 MSFS 2024 LODs

    Yes, unfortunately, it's a lot of work. Sometimes there are scripts that can reduce the vertices of multiple models in batch processing. Unfortunately, I don't know how this works in Blender. In 3D Studio Max, there are two modifiers for this: MultiRes and ProOptimizer. Depending on the model...
  12. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 MSFS 2024 LODs

    That was a stupid sentence from me, sorry. Yes, most people know what that means. This trick existed back in the FSX days, as far as I can remember. It still works in MSFS/MSFS24. It's not really recommended anymore; Microsoft/Asobo explicitly state that they also check for such tricks when...
  13. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry

    Hi, just a quick update. The problem resolved itself with the SU3. Everything is now displayed as it should be, and the ground no longer shows through when photogrammetry is enabled. The tool is really good; you can achieve very good results with it for elevation data. Thanks for the tip :-)
  14. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 MSFS 2024 LODs

    There are testers for that. So you don't have to test anything yourself. Maybe it's enough to randomly test two or three of your add-ons. Then you'll immediately see that the new LOD system is a good one. Have you already looked at any of your MSFS24 add-ons?
  15. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 MSFS 2024 LODs

    It's not that simple. In 2022, I created an add-on in which all models had a functional and well-balanced LOD system. It was programmed for MSFS at the time. In MSFS24, it turned out that the individual LOD models were almost completely unusable and some had to be recreated, and the LOD values...
  16. Christian Bahr

    3DS Max Setting up satelite imagery

    To improve the display quality of textures in 3dsm, you can increase the pixel count. You can also adjust the display quality of the current viewport ;)
  17. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry

    Okay, I wasn't familiar with that tool. But I'll be happy to give it a try. I'm curious to see if it works in MSFS24 :)
  18. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry

    That's a good idea, thanks. But where do I get a "terraforming tile"? Did you mean a rectangle with the terraforming option enabled, or perhaps a polygon with the terraforming option enabled, or a height map? I've tried all three, but it doesn't help, or rather, the terrain distortions get even...
  19. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry

    As far as I know, photogrammetry consists of 2D images and a 3D scan of the Earth's surface - you get aerial imagery and elevation data (simply explained). But I'm open to being proven wrong. @rhumbaflappy I promised to take some pictures. The following images show a) the aerial imagery and b)...
  20. Christian Bahr

    MSFS24 Custom Aerial Imagery and Photogrammetry

    I've already tried that. The polygon with TIN exclusion was the first thing I tried. The photogrammetry doesn't just consist of the aerial photograph; it also contains the scanned elevation data. Even if I exclude the photogrammetry aerial photograph, the elevation data remains. And that ruins...
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